usb ports died out of no where???

[sotorious]

I was on myspace playing mafia wars, transfering some items.

then all of a sudden i see the lights on my keyboard go out and my mouse stopped moving, so i got up unplugged them and plugged them back in they would pop on for a second and then go off...

so i press the reset button on my computer and now they work.... does that mean they are dieing or what??? kind of scary..

 

[whest]

Have you installed the intel matrix storage manager? It needs to be installed if you had AHCI or raid enabled in the bios prior to installing W7. You also need to be using the intel controller - AHCI allows hotswapping of drives and doesnt require a raid array to function - i think its probably enabled by default. Check under sata or drive configuration in the bios to see whats enabled (if you dont know ie).

Have you installed the latest bios for your board? You can use asus update utility V7.17.06 to install the bios.

Your drivers can be found be found here by selecting download and then OS : ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

 

[reghakr]

I would completely shut down the impute, pull the USB plugs start the computer, when it;s filly booted insert them again and see if if says insat new hardware.

 

[sotorious]

Have you installed the intel matrix storage manager? It needs to be installed if you had AHCI or raid enabled in the bios before installing W7. You also need to be using the intel controller - AHCI allows hotswapping of drives and doesnt require a raid array to function - i think its probably enabled by default.

Have you installed the latest bios for your board?

Your drivers can be found be found here by selecting download and then OS : ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Yes latest bios is installed, i think i disabled the matrix storage, and i did not have raid enabled, i mean everything was ok up until this morning, i was clicking and then bam my mouse and keyboard just went off, i was in shock i didnt even check to see if my externals were still working.

when i click reset, i switched them around so they reinstalled drivers on each usb thing and everything is ok for now, i just wanna take notes for future problems.

Its just weird to me how it just happen out of no where...

 

[reghakr]

Excellevnt,

Good work

 

[sotorious]

but be on stand by, my luck with this computer has not been to nice.

 

[reghakr]

Is it an HP by chance?

 

[sotorious]

Is it an HP by chance?

no costume built. If it was it would be in HP's front door step by now.

 

[reghakr]

Thank God,

Mine ended up in the junk pile.

 

[sotorious]

do you think it may have been a ground issue maybe a wire is exposed somewhere, i got a lot of wires in the back of the case. behind the back case.

 

[reghakr]

You thin you have alot of wired I have 3 external hard drives and it's;s connected Io to my home theater system.

Did you try plugging the back into the original ports?

 

[sotorious]

No. Im going to have to do that when i get back home.

and this is what i was talking about

DSC01725.jpg picture by sotorious2000 - Photobucket

i just have a sata cable plugged in thats also sitting back there thats not in the screenshot its not being used its there for future use...

the reason why i also ask is sometimes when i turn off my psu from the back my speakers make a clunk sound or something. thats why i was wondering if it could of possible been some sort of ground issue.